APPENDIX N – SPECIES CORRESPONDENCE 79 Elm Street • Hartford, CT 06106-5127 www.ct.gov/deep Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer April 7, 2017 Jessica Roberts Tighe & Bond, Inc. 53 Southampton Road Westfield, MA 01085 [email protected] NDDB Preliminary Determination No: 201702360 Project: Preliminary site assessment for Town of Wallingford parcel at 155 John Street; Wallingford, CT Dear Jessica Roberts, I have reviewed Natural Diversity Data Base (NDDB) maps and files regarding 155 John Street in Wallingford, Connecticut. According to our records, the following Connecticut Critical Habitat has been mapped on-site in association with the Quinnipiac River: . Floodplain Forest – Mesic forests and associated open, alluvial wetlands influenced by seasonal inundation, with flood deposited sandy or nutrient-rich silty soils. Subtypes high floodplain, low floodplain forest, alluvial swamp, undifferentiated, and other/unique are includes in the Palustrine Forested category. Additionally, the following State-listed plant species has been documented within the Quinnipiac River floodplain and may occur on-site: . False mermaid-weed (Floerkea proserpinacoides) Protection Status: State Endangered Habitat: Damp, shaded, alluvial woods; early, spring-flooding stream bottoms. Blooms Apr, May. Please be advised that this is a preliminary assessment and not a final determination. This preliminary assessment letter cannot be used or submitted with permit applications. Natural Diversity Data Base information includes all information regarding critical biological resources available to us at the time of the request. This information is a compilation of data collected over the years by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Natural Resources and cooperating units of DEEP, independent conservation groups, and the scientific community. This information is not necessarily the result of comprehensive or site- specific field investigations. Consultations with the NDDB should not be substituted for on-site surveys required for environmental assessments. Current research projects and new contributors continue to identify additional populations of species and locations of habitats of concern, as well as, enhance existing data. Such new information is incorporated in the NDDB as it becomes available. Please contact me if you have any questions ([email protected]; 860-424-3585). Thank you for consulting with the Natural Diversity Data Base and continuing to work with us to protect State-listed species. Sincerely, Nelson B. DeBarros Botanist/Ecologist 79 Elm Street • Hartford, CT 06106-5127 www.ct.gov/deep Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer April 7, 2017 Jessica Roberts Tighe & Bond, Inc. 53 Southampton Road Westfield, MA 01085 [email protected] NDDB Preliminary Determination No: 201702359 Project: Preliminary site assessment for commercial/industrial development; Mira Site - 2 Oliver Road and 100 Pent Road; Wallingford, CT Dear Jessica Roberts, I have reviewed Natural Diversity Data Base (NDDB) maps and files regarding the Mira Site at 2 Oliver Road and 100 Pent Road in Wallingford, Connecticut. According to our records, the following State-listed species have been documented in the vicinity and may occur on-site if appropriate habitat exists: State-listed Wildlife Species . Ground beetle (Amara chalcea) Protection Status: State Special Concern Sand barren specialist. Big sand tiger beetle (Cicindela formosa generosa) Protection Status: State Special Concern Sand barren specialist. Dark-bellied tiger beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica) Protection Status: State Threatened Requires sandy soils. False heather underwing (Drasteria graphica atlantica) Protection Status: State Threatened Barrens, dunes, heathlands, and coastal strand communities . Violet dart moth (Euxoa violaris) Protection Status: State Special Concern Sand barren specialist. Ground beetle (Helluomorphoides praeustus bicolor) Protection Status: State Special Concern Sandy, barren areas . Yellow-horned beaded lacewing (Lomamyia flavicornis) Protection Status: State Special Concern Grassland in pitch pine/scrub oak settings . Scribbled sallow moth (Sympistis perscripta) Protection Status: State Special Concern Open, disturbed, sandy areas. Host plant is Canada toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) . Grassland thaumatopsis (Thaumatopsis edonis) Protection Status: State Threatened . Northern dusk-singing cicada (Tibicen auletes) Protection Status: State Endangered Dry oak forests on sandy soil. Larvae feed on oak roots (Quercus spp.) . Spinose flower moth (Schinia spinosae) Protection Status: State Special Concern Host plant is associated with sandy soils. Black-eyed zale (Zale curema) Protection Status: State Endangered Pitch pine woodlands. Host plant is pitch pine (Pinus rigida) . Oblique zale (Zale obliqua) Protection Status: State Special Concern Barrens, plantations, pinelands, and mixed-pine woodlands. Host plants include pitch pine (Pinus rigida), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), and red pine (Pinus resinosa) State-listed Plant Species . Beach needle grass (Aristida tuberculosa) Protection Status: State Endangered Habitat: Coastal sand dunes, sand flats, and sandy woods. Blooms Aug, Sep. Low frostweed (Crocanthemum propinquum) Protection Status: State Special Concern Habitat: Dry, open, sandy soil. Blooms mid-late Jun. False mermaid-weed (Floerkea proserpinacoides) Protection Status: State Endangered Habitat: Damp, shaded, alluvial woods; early, spring-flooding stream bottoms. Blooms Apr, May. Sickle-leaved golden aster (Pityopsis falcata) Protection Status: State Endangered Habitat: Dry, open, sandy fields and dunes. Blooms Jul – Oct. Additionally, the following Connecticut Critical Habitat has been mapped on-site in association with the Quinnipiac River: . Floodplain Forest – Mesic forests and associated open, alluvial wetlands influenced by seasonal inundation, with flood deposited sandy or nutrient-rich silty soils. Subtypes high floodplain, low floodplain forest, alluvial swamp, undifferentiated, and other/unique are includes in the Palustrine Forested category. Please be advised that this is a preliminary assessment and not a final determination. This preliminary assessment letter cannot be used or submitted with permit applications. Natural Diversity Data Base information includes all information regarding critical biological resources available to us at the time of the request. This information is a compilation of data collected over the years by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Natural Resources and cooperating units of DEEP, independent conservation groups, and the scientific community. This information is not necessarily the result of comprehensive or site- specific field investigations. Consultations with the NDDB should not be substituted for on-site surveys required for environmental assessments. Current research projects and new contributors continue to identify additional populations of species and locations of habitats of concern, as well as, enhance existing data. Such new information is incorporated in the NDDB as it becomes available. Please contact me if you have any questions ([email protected]; 860-424-3585). Thank you for consulting with the Natural Diversity Data Base and continuing to work with us to protect State-listed species. Sincerely, Nelson B. DeBarros Botanist/Ecologist IPaC: Explore Location Page 1 of 14 IPaC Information for Planning and Consultation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service IPaC resource list This report is an automatically generated list of species and other resources such as critical habitat (collectively referred to as trust resources) under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) jurisdiction that are known or expected to be on or near the project area referenced below. The list may also include trust resources that occur outside of the project area, but that could potentially be directly or indirectly affected by activities in the project area. However, determining the likelihood and extent of effects a project may have on trust resources typically requires gathering additional site- specific (e.g., vegetation/species surveys) and project-specific (e.g., magnitude and timing of proposed activities) information. Below is a summary of the project information you provided and contact information for the USFWS office(s) with jurisdiction in the defined project area. Please read the introduction to each section that follows (Endangered Species, Migratory Birds, USFWS Facilities, and NWI Wetlands) for additional information applicable to the trust resources addressed in that section. Location New Haven County, Connecticut Local office New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 (603) 223-0104 70 Commercial Street, Suite 300 Concord, NH 03301-5094 http://www.fws.gov/newengland https://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/location/XKG2WBAOVNAIXPD4OOQQDSWNBA/resources 12/22/2017 IPaC: Explore Location Page 2 of 14 Endangered species This resource list is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an analysis of project level impacts. The primary information used to generate this list is the known or expected range of each species. Additional areas of influence (AOI) for species are also considered. An AOI includes areas outside of the species range if the species could be indirectly affected by activities in that area (e.g., placing a dam upstream of a fish population, even if that fish does not occur at the dam site, may indirectly impact